16 Aug 2015

It's Chami here! So the blog has gone a little haywire right now and it won't be long till it is back on track. However, right now I honestly feel like a small break from blogging. I will still be posting bookish vidoes on my youtube channel: ReadLikeWildFire but my blog posts will be sparse for the next couple of weeks. After I get my University studies and new job under control, I'll hop back on the wagon and ride off into the blogging distance. Life has just been really hectic lately but hang on tight!

4 Aug 2015

This is honestly a post I never thought I would write, but
today I’m announcing that I am leaving A Book So Fathomless. I’ve had a lovely
time here getting to meet all of you wonderful people, some of whom have become
my closest friends but it’s time for me to move onto bigger things.

I will be continuing blogging on a new (and bigger) platform called Tea & Titles where I will not only be blogging about books and writing like I
did here, but also comics, TV, movies and much, much more.

I want to thank you all for supporting me while I’ve been
here, and I hope to see you on Tea & Titles.

31 Jul 2015

So a couple of weeks ago, Ely and I did a post titled the "Mid-Year Book Freak Out" tag. It was basically a bunch of questions to summarise the past half year and anticipate the next half in books! I loved it so much I thought it would be fun to translate it into a booktube version. It's been some time since I posted that video (in which you can watch here) and since that time, a bunch of people have responded to that tag, so I thought I would share it with you all!

20 Jul 2015

#MakeMeRead has officially started in my timezone (well, it started an hour and half ago but I was asleep) and so I thought it was time I shared the results of my poll. So are you ready?

There you go! My first read will be Days of Blood and Starlight which was popular from the very beginning, then Siege and Storm, followed by Blue Lily, Lily Blue (!!) and The Murder Complex. If I manage to get through all of those, then I'll pick up The Retribution of Mara Dyer, Sweet Evil and then, possibly, The Demon King.

I honestly don't know how many books I'll get through this week, but I would like to take a serious chunk out of these. On that note, I'm off to start Days of Blood and Starlight!

Today we're doing a little spotlight on Tish Thawer's beautiful book, The Witches of BlackBrook. This beautiful cover has been nominated for best cover, and Tish Thawer has been nominated for Author of the Year (Fantasy, Dystopian and Mystery).

I think we can all agree that cover is gorgeous...

About the Book

Through space and time, sisters entwined. Lost then found, souls remain bound.

Three sisters escape the Salem witch trials when the eldest casts a spell that hurtles their souls forward through time. After centuries separated, fate has finally reunited them in the present day.

One the healer, one the teacher, and one the deceiver.

Will their reunion return their full powers, or end their souls journey forever?

19 Jul 2015

I
was tagged by my super amazing friend Dani of Dani Reviews Things to do the
More Happy Than Not tag. The tag was created by Shelumiel @ Bookish and
Awesome in response to the “What makes you #MoreHappyThanNot?”
question inspired by Adam Silvera’s debut More Happy Than Not.
For the tag, you basically just list things in your live, whether they be
big or small, that make you happy.

I AM MORE HAPPY THAN NOT…

Cuddling/playing/talking to dogs, no
matter what breed or who they belong to.

Drinking that first cup of tea in the
morning.

In that moment when your plane drips
over the city you’re going to land in.

Saving Michelle from her late night book
almost-buying sprees.

Talking to my dad on the phone. I miss
him very, very much.

Seeing the new Terminator posters
everywhere. Back home, my dad and I would rewatch the first three movies every
month.

Receiving mail. It doesn’t even have to
be bookmail, I really love receiving letters and postcards from people. I just
love opening things.

Spending time with my great aunt and
uncle. They know me so well already. Every morning there’s a bacon sandwich and
a cup of tea waiting for me and there’s a stack of Daphne du Maurier books that
my great aunt bought into my room yesterday.

Seeing my blogger friends tag each other
in things and comment on each other’s blogs. Dani tagged my friend Lori, which
just made me infinitely happy. I just want a little blogger squad, okay?

Books, obviously. Everything about books
makes me happy. The smell, the texture, the words (most of the time), the covers,
even just the idea of books—they just make me so happy.

14 Jul 2015

A
few days ago, I was tagged by the wonderful Lori of Books o’ the Wisp to do the
Summer Reader Tag. This tag originated from jessethereader’s video which is
called the Summer Reader Book Tag. When Lori tagged me, she asked that I used
different books than I would usually pick, so that’s what I’ve tried to do.

Lemonade:
pick a book that started off bitter but got better.

I
don’t know what I’ve done this right, but I picked a book that’s a little heavy
to start off with but gets sweeter. For that I chose, The Mockingbirds by Daisy
Whitney. This book is about a girl who gets date raped, but her prestigious
boarding school has a secret society that helps wronged students. This is
pretty full on, but there are definitely some sweet moments in there too…from
what I remember.

Golden
Sun: pick a book that made you smile beyond compare.

I had to
go with my Queen of Contemporary here—Maureen Johnson. All of her books make me
smile like mad, but I thought I’d talk about Girl at Sea today because that one
isn’t discussed as much. This set on a boat in the Mediterranean and it has a
super super hot guy and some really crazy moments.

Tropical
Flowers: pick a book set in a foreign country.

This
is where being Australian is like the best thing ever because pretty much every
book is set in a foreign country. I went for Last Train from Kummersdorf by Leslie
Wilson, which is set in Nazi Germany, one of my favourite things to read about.
It’s the story of two children, Hanno who has recently deserted from the army
and a streetgirl, Effi, who is on the way to find her father.

Tree
Shade: pick a book in which a mysterious or shady character was first
introduced.

I had
to go for Dr Hortense Gray from The Purgatorium by Eva Pohler. Gray is super
shady, and I haven’t gotten around to the rest of the series yet but I have a
feeling she’s only going to get more messed up.

Beach
Sand: pick a book that was grainy, and the plot barely developed.

The
Time Traveller’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. Was there a plot to this other
than a guy who can time travel and makes out with sixteen year old girls?

Green
Grass: pick a character(s) that were full of life, making you smile.

I’m
going to be a little different here and pick a graphic novel. Nimona by Noelle
Stevenson has some of the best characters ever, in my opinion. Nimona herself
was hilarious and she’s kind of my spirit animal. Blackheart was just the best
and I love him. Goldenloin…what do I say about Goldenloin? Just read this.

Watermelon:
pick a book that had some juicy secrets.

I
think I’m being a little bit obvious here, but And Then There Were None by
Agatha Christie. If you haven’t read this, I don’t even know why you’re here.
This is the story of ten people stuck on an luxury island, slowly their secrets
come out as they are killed off one by one.

Sun
Hat: pick a book that had a vast, big universe/setting.

Even
though it’s only a novella, The Emperor’s Soul by Brandon Sanderson. There is
so much packed into this little book. The world is incredibly complex and
interesting and the characters are amazingly written.

BBQ: pick
a book in which a character was portrayed as a hunk.

A new
favourite of mine—Roth from White Hot Kiss by Jennifer L. Armentrout. *fans self* In the blurb, Roth is described
as ‘a tattooed, sinfully hot demon’. CAN WE JUST? There is
actually another side to Roth in the book which is really what made me like him
so much, so I definitely recommend you check it out.

I wrote a little post the other day about the main characters in my WIPs, and I thought today that I’d introduce their other
halves. Let’s just start, shall we? Oh, and I say ‘love interest’ because who knows
if these people get together? (I honestly don’t know yet for anyone but
Cora/Nate).

Usually just referred to as ‘Nate’. This guy is my
favourite. He is just gorgeous and I love him more than anything in the world.
Well, the only thing I love more is him and Coralie together. Did I mention he
was Coralie’s boyfriend? He’s Coralie’s boyfriend. He’s sweet, and caring, and
complex and he would go to the end of the Earth for Coralie. He’s just the
cutest. The few friends that have read this novel have all joined the Nate
fanclub…it’s on that level.

I’m just going in the same order as that other post now. So,
Evan is Nellie’s love interest. He’s an interesting one. He’s a lot of things,
all very contradictory. He’s both lovely and mysterious, too trusting and
untrustworthy, controlled and independent, light and dark, right and wrong. He
and Nellie are a complicated at the best of times.

Speaking of complicated, meet Arden’s love interest, Mima. So
Arden is a detective, Mima is the victim of a crime. There’s something there,
it’s all very confusing and illegal. I think I know what’s going to happen
here, but spoilers.

And the worst love interest on this list goes to…LOGAN. Yep,
Logan is a dickhead. Granted, Megan kind of totally deserves him. He’s
manipulative like her, and incredibly messed up. He’s kind of fun to
write/plan, but also terrifying.

This guy. Oh, how does one describe Mattie? He’s Vivian’s
love interest and he’s very interesting. (See what I did there? I didn’t until
I read back over this) His high school girlfriend disappeared one day and he’s
still deeply affected by that. He’s also kind of sweet and silly which is great
fun to write.

There you go. My babies’ babies, who I also refer to as my
babies. I just really like being patronising to my characters… If they were
real people, they’d honestly hate me for all the shit I put them through. Anyway,
yep, there they are. Let me know which you’d date.

13 Jul 2015

I’ve officially been away from home for over a month now. I’ve
had heaps of family ask me whether I’m ‘homesick’, and I’m honestly not. I
didn’t have a huge amount of people that I actually liked back home, so that
probably has something to do with it. That’s besides the point. You know who do
like from back home?

Australian Authors.

(I found this and I just couldn't resist).

So today, I’m going to share some authors with you that you
probably don’t know about if you aren’t from Australia.

John Marsden.

He’s written loads of books, but is probably most well-known
for the Tomorrow series. The series starts with Tomorrow, When the War Began
and is about a bunch of Australian teenagers who come back from a camping trip
to find that the country has been invaded. They fight back, people die,
characters grow and things are really intense. And that’s only the first book,
because the second book was so intense that it screwed with my anxiety and I
had to put it down.

If you’ve heard of anyone, it’ll be Melina
Marchetta. Her books On the Jellicoe Road and the Finnikin of the Rock
series did surprisingly well outside of Australia. She mostly writes
contemporaries that will rip your heart out, but the she dabbled in fantasy for
the Finnkin of the Rock which still ripped my heart out.

What’s that, you like having your heart ripped out and torn
to tiny pieces? Well, then Ellie
Marney is the author for you. Not convinced? Ellie’s Every
trilogy is a modern day Sherlock retelling (kind of) set in Melbourne (my
hometown). James Mycroft is everything you’ve ever wanted in a fictional
boyfriend even when he breaks your heart. You’ll absolutely hate Ellie Marney,
and then you’ll realise she’s actually the sweetest person ever and you’ll
spend your days wondering how on earth she messed you up this bad. Great news,
this series is just starting to be released in the US so you can all experience
the pain.

If you’ve been a follower for a while, you were probably
expecting this. Nansi Kunze is one
of my favourite authors of all-time. Her books are kind of hard to describe,
there’s three at the moment—Mishaps, Dangerously Placed and Kill the Music and
they are all a little different. Mishaps is a bit sci-fi, Dangerously
Placed is bit mystery, bit sci-fi and Kill
the Music is a bit mystery, bit oh-my-god-swoon. They are honestly so funny
and just absolutely great to read and one day, I will force everyone to love
them.

Finally, we have the lovely Kylie Fornasier. Kylie only has
one YA book out at the moment, called Masquerade,
which focuses on seven teenagers during Carnavale in 1750 Venice. Can you
honestly say you’re not interested? It’s an absolutely gorgeous book, very
atmospheric and it just has the FEELS.